The Gansevoort / Meatpacking District is tucked under Chelsea – just a block downtown from Chelsea Market: from 14th Street south to Horatio Street, Hudson Street to Tenth Avenue. The warehouse loading docks are mostly empty and quiet; high fashion boutiques have edged out most of the wholesale meat suppliers. (Navigating the cobblestone streets must be murder in high heels!)

Meat packers were once supplied by rail – Gansevoort Street is the southern terminus of The High Line, the abandoned elevated rail line now turned into a park. (Also see High Line Park gallery.)

One of the architectural standouts is The Standard Hotel – which straddles The High Line on massive supports. The hotel entrance is in a bright yellow cylinder – there’s no sign anywhere to tell you it’s a hotel. I asked the doorman about that – he explained: “This is not your standard hotel.”

Gansevoort / Meatpacking District Recommended Reading

• Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meatpacking_District,_Manhattan
• Gansevoort Market map: http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/gansevoort.pdf
• Gansevoort Market Historic District – Designation Report: http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/gansevoortpt1.pdf
• Gansevoort Market Historic District – Designation Report Part 2: http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/gansevoortpt2.pdf

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